Display frame



(No Model.)

} W. W. IVES. DISPLAY FRAME.

Patented Dec. 18 1888.

llmtno STATES PATENT Grates.

WIIIIIIAM \Y. IVES, OE NORIYICII, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGIOR OF ONE-HALE GEORGE E. BARD, OF SAME PLACE.

DlSPLAY FRAlv/IE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 394,927, dated December 18, 1888.

Application filed February 2'7, 1888. Serial No. 265,769. (No model.)

device attachedtoa single-stand portable dis- 1 play-frame, and l ig. 2 shows the same at.- taehed to a bracket-fratne. Fig. 3 is an enlarged top view of the sltoe-supporting arms. Fig. 4 is a longitudinal vertical section of said shoe-support through its center, and Fig. 5 shows detaehet'l the ferrule a in perspective.

Myimprove1m' nts are in the class of dis- 1 2o play-frames used especially to exhibit foot- 1 gearsuch as shoes, boots, slippers, and the like goods and has for its object to produce a shoe-rest which will be extremely simple in construction and cheap to prod nee. I further 5 desire to produce a shoe-support that will I clasp a shoe tirmly enough to hold it it tipped out of its normal hm'izontal position, and that has so few arms or parts that no portion of the shoe is hidden from view. These desirable features are believed to be combined in my present invention.

Referring to the drawings, theletter u indieates a ferrule, whose lower end may be bored to tit and rest on a stainlard, I), as in Fig. l, or may be formed with a bored T-head, w, as in Fig. 2, to restadjustably on a ln-acket-arm, (I. These portions of my shoe-support that clasp the shoe-sch, are indicated by letters e end thereof, in combination with the two pairs 6', and are formed of sections of spring-wire 40 having their inner ends bent at an angle to 1 enter the ferrule (I. (See c Fig. Ferrule (L is provided with a central openinglarge enough to receive the said bent ends of the 1 four spring-stwtions c. e. After crowding said ends down into said ferrule I secure them by a drop of solder, which fills the spaces between the wires and makes the device thus assembled practically a solid one. To prevent the accidental displacement of said wires, I mill a transverse slot, 71 in the upper end of ferrule (L, of such depth that the wires sink in flush with the ferrule end and cannot be swung otf laterally, even if the solder-joint was broken. The spring-wires e 6' project in opposite directions as they leave ferrule a, and near their free ends are bent, first outward, as at i, and then upward, as at i, the spread of the outwardly-bent port-ions i being somewhat less than the width of sole of the shoe to be supported.

\Vhen it is desired to use my described device, the companion arms e are spread apart until the upturm-al ends '1 will embrace the counter of the shoe near the heel, and the arms 6 are sprung apart until they will clasp the sole near the ball of the foot. No part of the device comes in contact with the face of the sole to scratch it-orhide it from view. In l ig. +t the support shown is intended to be hinged to a stand, it, whose upper end is forked to receive it.

I provide a hinge-leaf in this form of support by using a somewhat larger ferrule, (1, than is above described and forcing an eyebolt, to, upward in the center of the four ends of the spring-arms. I then fasten the whole together by soldering in the same manner as above described. This hinge-joint, used in connection with a clamping-serew, n, allows the spring-arms and the shoe supported therein to be adjusted at various angles to expose the different portions of said shoe.

I claim as new and wish to secure by Iietters Patent A shoe-exhibiting support consistingof the rod Z) and the ferrule a, secured on the upper of wires c e, which have their inner ends in sorted in the upper end of said ferrule and their outer ends diverging and bent upward to hold a shoe, substantially as set forth.

WILLIAM IV. IVES.

\Vitnesses:

FRANK II. ALLEN, ALLEN TENNY. 

